The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 2200
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
5:38 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3429
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 11.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 5.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.41° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.39° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.